National Jukebox contains over 10,000 historical sound recordings from the Library of Congress music collections. These recordings have been made freely available in streaming format with permission from Sony Music Entertainment. Sound content includes popular music, dance music, opera, jazz, speeches, poetry and humor.

National Jukebox contains over 10,000 historical sound recordings from the Library of Congress music collections. These recordings have been made freely available in streaming format with permission from Sony Music Entertainment. Sound content includes popular music, dance music, opera, jazz, speeches, poetry and humor.

Internet

Audio Recordings are Available for Checkout from JMU Libraries

JMU Libraries owns many CDs, tapes, and records, which can be checked out by JMU students, faculty, and staff. Search JMU Library Catalog and Limit your search by choosing “Music Recording” or “Spoken Recording” from the “Material Type” menu.

We also have an extensive collection of sound effects on various CDs available for checkout.

Additional Tools for Finding Recordings

Do you need music or a spoken word recording that is neither online nor owned by JMU Libraries? You can use WorldCat to search the holdings of over 62 million titles in other libraries, and then submit an Interlibrary Loan for the item(s).